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Chandigarh, November 9 The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Director Public Instructions Ashwani Kumar at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23. The meeting saw various heads discuss the problem of toilets and drinking water facilities in their schools. District Education Officer Kamla Bains and Deputy DEO Rajesh Minhas, Executive Engineer, Public Health A.K. Duggal and other public health and education officials also attended the meeting. Public health officials assured full co-operation and speedy address of the difficulties being faced by schools. Meanwhile, a report received from the heads of schools regarding condition of toilets and drinking water facilities has been supplied to the Chief Engineer for further action.
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25 colleges take part in IT fest
Chandigarh, November 9 Inaugurating the event, Ms Raji P. Shrivastava, Joint Secretary (Finance) and Director, Public Instructions (Colleges), Chandigarh Administration, appreciated the imaginative series of competitions organised on the occasion. She exhorted students not to lag behind in the present-day fast-moving technological world and imbibe the requisite job skills and soft skills. She advised girl students to make full use of the available job opportunities. The results of the various events held during the day are: Extempore: Amanpreet GGSCW-26, (1st), Sheetal GCG-42, (2nd); paper presentation: Nihal Sharma SVS, Tangori, (1st), Harveen Singh GGDSD-32, (2nd); logic development: Shaveta and Kiranjot Kaur, DSCW-45 (1st), Amit and Amanpreet Government College-11, (2nd); poster making: Ritu Beri, Govt. Arts College-10 (1st), Amritpal Singh (2nd); Debugging: Rohit and Dilip SASIT, Mohali (1st), Paras and Yogesh, Govt. College-46 (2nd), solo singing: Pranav (1st), Neha DSCW-45 (2nd),web site development: Sonia and Deepali, DSCW-45 (1st), Srishti and Sonia, GCG-11 (2nd); collage making: Lalit, Govt Arts College (1st), Puneet Singh DAV 10 (2nd), IT quiz: Subhasis, Paras and Ravinder, Govt College-46 (1st), Shweta, Kanika and Mansi DSCW-45 (2nd), IT Skit: Areen, Manik, Ritesh, Abhijeet and Amber DAV-10 (1st), Raman, Surinder, Manpreet, Rohini, Neeta DSCW-45 (2nd), Best Actor-Amber. Prof S.S. Bari, Registrar, Panjab University, gave prizes to winners. The event was sponsored by WIPRO, SBI, Fevicryl, New Horizons and Core Database Systems.
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Cultural bonanza by tiny tots
Mohali, November 9 Each student of the junior wing performed on the stage and got an opportunity to exhibit talent and discover new confidence. Students from nursery class danced to the popular number ‘Boogie Woogie’ and also presented a Rajasthani folk dance. The LKG children had fun dancing to the tune of ‘Eeena Meena Dika’. Tiny tots presented a ‘weather song’ depicting all the seasons of the year. They showed that they wanted to decide themselves as to what they should wear and let mama take a break. A play ‘Vegetable World’ was staged, in which students of Class I highlighted the importance of vegetables . They made a pretty vegetable garden in their play. LKG children presented a lively dance responding instinctively to the music. UKG students danced on the peppy number 1,2 Chah Chah Chah. A play “Stop pollution” was presented to make everybody aware of the damage that pollution was causing to the environment. The programme ended with the singing of the National Anthem.
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Shriram award for Sobti
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 9 A Fellow of the Indian Society of Cytologists and Geneticists (FSCG), Dr Sobti has been the recipient of INSA Young Scientist Medal and Lady Tata Memorial Fellowship, University Medal. Lecture at History Dept
Prof Suhash Chakravarty, former Professor of history of University of Delhi, delivered a special lecture on ‘Evolution of the non aligned movement’ in the Department of History. He is a distinguished historian and prolific writer who, among several works on international studies, has written three volumes on Krishna Menon. In the lecture, he stated that the non-alignment movement was growing weak because India had abdicated its responsibilities as the leader of this movement. The Government was wrong in saying that now that the Cold War was over there was no need for non-alignment.
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Seminar on micro-teaching
Banur, November 9 Dr Joginder Singh said that micro-teaching, which was evolved by Alien and his group in the late 1960s to improve the skills of teachers, was an excellent opportunity. Micro-teaching also provides skilled supervision with an opportunity to get a constructive feedback, he added. Mr Garg appreciated the Principal of the SVCE for organising such an informative seminar which would enlighten the minds of the students. He further told the students to develop confidence in teaching as this important teaching vehicle increased the confidence of the learner teacher. It was a vehicle of the continuous training applicable at all stages not only to teachers at the beginning of their career but also for more senior teachers. The SVCE Principal, Dr Raman Rani Gupta, said the main aim of the seminar was to acquaint the students with different skills of teaching which would help them to become good teachers.
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No anticipatory bail for former bank MD
Chandigarh, November 9 A case against Mr Dhanda and four other, including two officers of the bank, had been registered on July 30 on the directions of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Panchkula. The allegation against them is that they misused their position to cheat gullible persons while dealing with loan requests. In one such case, Mr Ved Prakash, a Panchkula resident, has alleged that while deciding his application for grant of loan of Rs 1 lakh for medical expenses, the accused told him that their bank did not sanction any loan less than Rs 5 lakh. He was, however, told that in case he applied for a loan of Rs 5 lakh, he would be given Rs 1 lakh while the rest would be immediately returned. Falling for their guile, Mr Ved Prakash accepted their suggestion. However, in 2000, three years after he took the loan, some officials of the bank came to his house and informed him that he had taken a loan of Rs 5 lakh. Thereafter, he filed a case, following which the CJM, Panchkula directed the police to register a case against the accused and begin investigations. However, due to the influence of the accused, the police allegedly adopted a go-slow policy, forcing the victim to again approach the High Court, seeking appropriate and immediate steps in the investigation. He also alleged while no action had been initiated against the accused, he was being harassed by the police to force him to stop pressing the case. Acting on the petition, Mr Justice Ajai Lamba asked the petitioner to approach the SP, Panchkula, with his grievances. In the latest development in the case, the same Judge, while dismissing the pre-arrest bail plea of one of the main accused, has pointed to the fact the state government had taken the stand that a sum of Rs 1.78 crore had been advanced as loans by the accused on the basis of fabricated documents and without good reason. He also observed that an inquiry into the matter had established that rules had not been adhered to by the officials, causing a financial loss of the bank. Saying that in view of the allegations, he did not find it to a fit case for grant of bail, the Judge also observed that only custodial interrogation would reveal the true facts with regard to the extent of involvement of the petitioner and the loss caused to the bank.
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Dhanda’s anticipatory bail plea rejected
Chandigarh, November 9 A case against Mr Dhanda and four others, including two officers of the bank, had been registered on July 30 on the direction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Panchkula. It was alleged that they had misused their position to cheat gullible persons while dealing with loan requests. In one such case, Mr Ved Prakash, a Panchkula resident, had alleged that while deciding his application for grant of loan of Rs 1 lakh for medical expenses, the accused had told him that the bank did not sanction loans less than Rs 5 lakh. He was, however, told that if he applied for a loan of Rs 5 lakh, he would get Rs 1 lakh, while the rest of the amount would be returned immediately. Mr Prakash accepted the suggestion. However, in 2000, three years after he took the loan, some officials of the bank approached him and told him that he had taken a loan of Rs 5 lakh. Thereafter, he filed a case, following which the CJM, Panchkula, directed the Panchkula police to register a case against the accused and begin investigations. However, due to the clout of the accused, the police allegedly dragged its feet, forcing the victim to again approach the High Court, seeking its intervention in the investigation. He also alleged that while no action had been initiated against the accused, he was being harassed by the police to force him to stop pressing the case. Acting on the petition, Mr Justice Ajai Lamba asked the petitioner to approach the SP, Panchkula, with his grievances. While dismissing the pre-arrest bail plea of one of the main accused, the judge has pointed to the fact that the state government has taken the stand that a sum of Rs 1.78 crore has been advanced as loans by the accused on the basis of fabricated documents and without good reason. He has also observed that an inquiry into the matter has established that rules have not been adhered to by the officials, causing financial loss to the bank. In view of the allegations, the judge did not find it to be a fit case for grant of bail and observed that only custodial interrogation would reveal the truth with regard to the extent of involvement of the petitioner and the loss caused to the bank.
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Tax exemption sought for “Rab ne….”
Chandigarh, November 9 Accompanying him were actors of his film, Arshad Dally Singh and comedians Gurpreet Ghuggi and Rana Ranbir. The film which is releasing tomorrow in India and other countries like Australia, USA, Britain and Hong Kong and Canada simultaneously is shot mostly in Chamba and Chandigarh. Giving details about the movie, Darshan Bagga who has earlier produced ‘Santo Banto’, “Mera Punjab” and directed movies like ‘Shikaar’ and ‘Subedaar’ said: “With an increase in the number of Punjabi films being made, it seems that Punjabi cinema has finally arrived”. The director has applied for a tax exemption in Punjab and Chandigarh. Talking about Babbu Maan as a lead actor, the director said: “Everybody in Mumbai was impressed by his work so much so that he was being compared with Ajay Devgan”. Riding high on the crest of his recent success in the film, “Dil Apna Punjabi”, Rana Ranbir is once again paired up with Gurpreet Ghuggi in the movie. Both the comedians are playing brothers in the movie. Claiming his physique to be an asset as a comedian, Rana said: “I started doing comedy in 2001. Before that I was doing theatre in Punjab but never attempted any comedy role then”. Explaining about his infamous split with comedian Bhagwant Maan, Rana said: “There was no growth for me as an actor even though my roles were well chalked out in all productions we did together”.After all that has been said about the movie, it will be an acid test when it opens tomorrow for the audience in theatres. |
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Drama festival from tomorrow
Chandigarh, November 9 The festival is being organised in collaboration with the GCG-11 and the SBI, PU Branch, and is sponsored by the Public Relations Department, Chandigarh Administration. |
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It is test of patience at GMCH-32
Chandigarh, November 9 Also, insufficient paramedical staff at the hospital has been affecting the health facilities and forcing patients and their attendants to run around to get various tests done. Things have aggravated as more buildings housing different departments have sprung up on the premises but the strength of doctors and paramedical staff has remained unchanged. Once at the Emergency Wing, patients have to make do with filthy and broken stretchers. On their entry to the Emergency Ward, the patients have to wait in agony on the stretcher for doctors to attend to them. The security staff are often a source of nuisance than help. Things get worse when attendants have to take their patient for X ray, CT scan or some other tests. Doctors ask them to deposit blood samples, leaving attendants in a quandary. The absence of permanent ward attendants only makes the matters worse as the attendants have to fend for themselves, without even knowing where to go or whom to approach. They feel much harassed when they have to search for the test results of their kin from huge piles of test reports. “Patients or their attendants have to spend a lot of time rummaging through piles of reports,” claimed Sandeep Moudgil, who was accompanying his ailing wife to
the hospital. Those coming in from rural background or who are illiterate are the worst hit as they hardly get help from the hospital staff and find it difficult to read signboards at
the hospital. “We hesitate querying from the ‘babus’ at the hospital lest they should shout at us,” lamented Roshani Devi, who was accompanying her sister at the Emergency OPD. The GMCH Director-Principal, Prof H.S. Swami, admitted that the hospital had been running short on staff, including doctors and staff nurses, for some time. He, however, claimed that the hospital staff were quite willing to help patients around. |
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Watch out for allergies: expert
Chandigarh, November 9 Alarmed by the growing number of patients with allergies, the Association of Chest Physicians of Punjab has decided to hold ICAAICON-2006, the 40th annual convention of the Indian College of Allergy, Asthma and Applied Immunology, from December 7 to 10 at Jalandhar. “The idea of the conference is to highlight the plight of asthma and allergy sufferers and raise public and professional awareness about the condition. Medical colleges of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir will participate in the conference,” Dr H.J. Singh, organising secretary of the convention, said. Maintaining that these had been accepted as an “epidemic” in the West, Dr Singh said allergies were on the rise in the developing world as well primarily due to the fact that people were leading a western lifestyle. “We eat artificially coloured, flavoured and preserved foods, build homes with air conditioning, carpets and pets, and expose ourselves to chemical pollution. India alone has a population of nearly 15 million asthmatics, of which 15 per cent are children afflicted by this chronic disease. The disease has increased threefold in the past 25 years,” he observed. Dr Singh stated that 9-10 per cent of allergy is caused by pollens as against 20-60 per cent in the West. While 16-20 per cent are afflicted by food allergies in India, the number is much less, 2-6 per cent, in the West. “Wheat allergy is common in children, while egg and fish protein are the other most common causes of allergy. If you have a history of sneezing that is persistent, happening more than two times a week and carries on for one month, an allergy test is recommended. Also, many patients of asthma can end up have skin allergy,” the doctor advised. The conference would be inaugurated by the Haryana Governor, Dr
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PGI technologists’ notice on mass leave
Chandigarh, November 9 The notices has been sent under Section 22(i) (b) of the Industrial Dispute Act, 1947, in which the association has informed Prof K.K. Talwar saying that the association members would be on mass casual leave on December 18 in protest against the Administration’s attitude for not fulfilling their demands even after nine months of assurance. Mr Dev Raj Chumber and Mr Ashwani Munjal, president and general secretary of the association, respectively, in a joint statement said the association had proposed a protest mass casual leave for one day on February 27 but was postponed on Prof. Talwar’s assurance. The association has decided to take the step, as a meeting with the Director yielded no positive results.
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Medicos present papers at workshop
Chandigarh, November 9 Dr
A.K. Attri, Head of the department, said the doctors deliberated on various issues in the conference. Dr Sanjeev Bhatia presented a study on the role of the PDGF in healing of diabetic foot ulcers and bagged the Young Surgeon Award. Dr Pushpinder Singh was given the award for best poster on “Diffuse colonic lipomatosis”. The renowned surgeon and editor of surgical text book “Love and Bailey”, Prof R.C. Russell from Britain presented awards to the doctors. Dr Atul, Dr Rikki, Dr Surbhi, Dr Vikas and Dr Sanjay presented papers on issues like blunt abdominal trauma, haemorrhoids, hydatid cyst lung and small bowel tumours that were also appreciated.
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India, Pak tennis teams arrive
Chandigarh, November 9 Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq will face India’s Rohan Bopanna in the third Test of SAIL Indian leg, which will start tomorrow at 10 am at the CLTA Complex, Sector 10, here. The second match will be held between Pakistan’s Aqeel Khan and Karan Rastogi. The draws for doubles will be announced half hour before the start of doubles game. In the four-Tests series, the first Test at Islamabad was won 2-1 by India on clay courts, while on grass courts at Lahore, Pakistan blanked India 3-0. While the matches in the Pakistan legs were a two-day affair each, it will be a one-day affair each in Chandigarh and Delhi. The teams will play the final leg at Delhi on November 12. In the series, top ATP-ranked players are participating. Rohan Bopanna, Karan Rastogi, Divij Sharan, Vivek Shokeen and doubles specialist Mustafa Ghouse are representing India, while Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (ATP ranking 441), Aqeel Khan (504), Nomi Qamar and Asim Shafiq (863) make up the Pakistan team. The winners of each Test will get $ 1,500 and runners-up $ 1,000. However, the Indian players will get a bonus — singles or doubles win by Indians on the Indian leg will receive $ 500. Tomorrow, Chandigarh Club will host a dinner in the honour of the two teams. Meanwhile, Mr Rajan Kashyap, chairman of the CLTA, who accompanied the Indian team during Pakistan leg of the series, said the All-India Tennis Association and the Pakistan Tennis Federation have decided to make the tournament an annual affair. “In the next series, we will include junior boys of under-16 or under-18 age groups to provide them exposure”, said Mr Kashyap, who is also chairman of the Steering Committee of the SAIL Indian leg of the ongoing series. |
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National cricket tourney from Nov 12
Chandigarh, November 9 Addressing mediapersons here, the President of the organising body Chandigarh Twenty-20 Cricket Association’s (CTCA), Mr I.D. Kamboj, said: “The opening match between Uttaranchal and West Bengal will be inaugurated by Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan at the Panchkula stadium”. The teams have been divided into eight pools and the winners of the each will qualify for the knockout stage. The teams will play the matches with white ball donning coloured clothes. “During the nationals, probables will be selected for intensive training at camps”, added Mr Kamboj. The tournament will be held under the aegis of Indian Twenty-20 Cricket Federation
(ITCF). Pools: A- Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Karnataka; B-Hyderabad, Maharashtra, Dadar Nagar Haweli; C-Chhattisgarh, Baroda, Mumbai; D-Uttaranchal, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh; E- Goa, Vidharbha, J & K; F- Gujarat, Chandigarh, Jharkhand; G- Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Saurashtra; H-Bihar, Delhi, Rajasthan. |
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Indian schools complete Pak whitewash
Chandigarh, November 9 Put in to bat first, the Indian team put on 142 runs for no loss in 20 overs. Abhinav, who scored a steady 37 runs, was the other contributor. The Pakistan team, which thrashed the Indian attack initially, were comfortably settled at 60 for no loss in five overs at one time. Nabi Ahmad and Saad Manzoor made 38 and 28 respectively. But they ended up 3 runs short. They could only manage 139 runs for the loss of nine wickets. India won the series by 3-0. Brief scores: DAV
CCCE: 142 for no loss in 20 overs (Manan Vohra 89, Abhinav 37) Pakistan: 139 for 9 in 20 overs (Nabi Ahmad 38, Saad Manzoor 28, Udbhav Kumar 2 for 22, Manan Vohra 2 for 32, Ankit 3 for 21). Medal winners Sahil and Garima brought laurels to the CL Aggarwal DAV Model School, Sector 7, by winning silver medals in the below 20 kg category in the Chandigarh State Karate Championship held recently at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, here. The other players of the school who won bronze medals in the championship were Saurav (below 40 kg), Nitesh (below 30 kg) and Jyoti (below 25 kg). GNPS Cricket The GNPS-A, Sector 36 team beat Sanjay Public School (SPS), Sector 44, by three wickets in the second GNPS Inter-school/ Academy u-17 Cricket Tournament at GNPS, Sector 36, here yesterday. Put in to bat first, SPS put on 143 runs in the stipulated 25 overs. GNPS-A achieved the target in 24.4 overs with a fine half century by Shubam Mahajan (50). In another match, CCA-37 beat GNPS-B by 63 runs. Brief scores: (1) SPS: 143 all out in 24.4 overs (Lakhbir 43, Satish 22, Jai 21, Navinder 3 for 26, Gurpreet Singh 3 for 28) GNPS-A: 145 for 7 in 24.4 overs (Shubham 50, Gaganvir 30, Amrit 3 for 31). (2) CCA-37: 145 for 6 (Gurdeep 45, Kuldeep 33, Parvesh Sharma 4 for 10, Aman 2 for 12) GNPS-B: 82 all out (Chakshu 25, Kuldeep 4 for 18, Parmod 2 for 3). Golden girl Himani Jain of Gurukul School, Sector 20, Panchkula, made her school proud by winning the gold medal in the girls under-12 team event in the 40th Hero Honda Haryana State Inter-District and Open Table Tennis Championship 2006 organised by the District Table Tennis Association, Sirsa, held at Sirsa from November 2 - 7. Himani represented Panchkula district in the event. |
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Junior football matches from today
Chandigarh, November 9 As many as eight school teams, divided into two groups, will vie for the trophy. The three-day championship will be played on knock-out basis. The teams are — Group A: New Public School, Sector 18, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, DAV Public School, Sector 15, Shivalik Public School, Sector 41. Group B: Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, Moti Ram Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 17, Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 22, DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8. Satluj U-14 cricket
Panchkula: An overall performance (68 n o and 2 for 15) by Ankit enabled his team, New India Public School, Sector 14 to beat Little Flower Convent School, Sector 14, by 10 runs in a league match of the fifth Satluj U-14 Cricket Tournament at Satluj school grounds, Sector 4 here today. Brief score: NIPS: 137 for 5 in 20 overs (Ankit 68 n o, Anuj 20, Raman 20, Abhishek 2 for 25). LFCS: 127 for 8 in 20 overs (Gagan 23, Deepak 25, Ankush 2 for 23 and Ankit 2 for 15). |
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Bollywood stars’ match put off
Mohali, November 9 According to Mr Sushil Kapoor, organising secretary of the match, the decision to postpone the match has been taken because of the non-availability of film stars for the event because of their professional commitments. The next date of holding the match will be announced very soon. |
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